Keyword
below
- underneath
- inferior
- to bring down
- next
- Frequency
- #68
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Mnemonic
One stroke under another; compare 上 (above)
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
下
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); …
一下
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
以下
that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
下来
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
Particle
下载
to download; also pr. xià4zai
下午
afternoon; p.m.
下去
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
留下
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
天下
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
下面
below; under; next; the following; also pr. xiàmian; to boil noodles
之下
under; beneath; less than
下降
to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
如下
as follows
剩下
to remain; to be left over
地下
underground; subterranean; covert
接下来
to accept; to take; next; following
下次
next time
旗下
under the banner of
下令
to give an order; to issue an order
上下
the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文 (shàngxiàwén) "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 (shàngxiàhémù) "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 举国上下 (jǔguóshàngxià) "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下 (bùxiāngshàngxià) "evenly matched")
放下
to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
下列
the following; listed below
当下
immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment
下跌
to fall; to tumble